Day11a

1. Day11a FTP

2. FTP • File Transfer Protocol. • Used to move files from one machine to another. • Windows -> Unix • Unix -> Windows • Unix -> Unix • Windows -> Windows • etc.

3. WSFTP • In windows you have probably used WSFTP or ProFTP or FTPExplorer which are GUI that simplify FTPing. • Allow drag and drop • Don’t require you to remember commands.

4. Command line FTP • In windows you can also FTP from a DOS prompt. • This works exactly the same way as Unix FTP. • Same commands etc.

5. 2 Transfer Modes • Ascii • This is for plain TEXT only. • Files created with vi or notepad • Binary • This is for all other types of files • Sound, Movies, Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets, Power Point presentations etc.

6. FTP Unix • In all versions of Unix, the command ftp should exist. • ftp kahuna.clayton.edu

7. Logging In • You will be asked for your username and password. • If FTPing to a site you don’t have an account on, you can usually log in anonymously. • User: ftp • Pass: Your email address

8. FTP Commands • ls • cd • get • put • chmod • rm

9. Using commands • Commands work the same in FTP as they do in Unix. • cd allows you to change directory on the remote machine. • ls shows you a listing of files in the remote machine’s directory. • rm attempts to remove a file in the remote machines directory • This will not work if you are logged in anonymously.

10. Get • Used to transfer files from the remote machine to your machine. • get myfile.txt • You can also use mget which allows you to transfer all files in a directory: • mget *

11. Put • Allows you to move files from your machine to the remote machine. • put myfile.txt • Likewise moving a lot of files can be done with multiple put: • mput *